Finally, after the craziest offseason (probably) ever in UK basketball history, the regular season debuts tonight on ESPNU against Morehead State (from Morehead, KY).
It was an offseason that started with a loss to Notre Dame in the NIT (what?) and included Gillispie fired, Calipari hired, Patterson coming back, Jodie leaving, Bledsoe signing, Cousins signing, Wall signing, Orton signing, Gillispie lawsuit, Gillispie DUI, Gillispie settlement, Lebron visiting Lexington, Wall eligibility questioning, Wall eligibility confirmed (although he has to sit out tonight against Morehead, lucky for them).
I’ve actually become more of a UK fan in the past 4 years than any. In the past, an SEC championship was given, and a trip to the final four wasn’t unheard of. We surprisingly made the NIT last year. I sat and suffered through every game, and some of my friends who always hated UK during the late 90s were able to become casual fans and somewhat feel my pain. Now it’s back to hate, hate, hate for them and I couldn’t be more excited.
How excited am I ? Probably somewhere between these two young fellas:
The cynic in me says that this is an overly salacious tell-all sexed up by a guy who’s going to jail and has nothing to lose, but then again, this shit is highly specific, and I totally believe that refereeing is a shady business.
John Wall eligible? I’m not out to jump up and down on David here, but I suspect this is part of the Calipari package, and it casts an odd light on the many hand-jobs that Coach Cal’s been getting in the national media. He’s a great basketball coach, and put together one of the greatest recruiting classes of all time. But, he’s less interested in the actual academic process than the guy scrubbing toilets.
Then again, maybe Dana O’Neil just writes fluff for a living. This is a cute story about Indiana, but definitely a little too chipper for me, having sat through last season:
Friday night at Big Blue Madness, the player intro video used the same song (even the same remix) as my post. Coincidence, or Cankled influence? You can decide for yourself, as you watch (starting at 1:33):
And for bonus, here’s number one-one being introduced at Rupp for the first time…yeah, so the guy knows he’s a rock star. so what? feel free to hate hate hate, elliott.
December 15, 2009
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